GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs FX Go 5200
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce FX Go 5200 and GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms FX Go 5200 by a whopping 93450% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1488 | 296 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 17 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 28.75 |
| Architecture | no data | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | NV31M | GA107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 March 2003 (21 year ago) | 17 December 2021 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 5 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 1 MHz | 1185 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 300 MHz | 1477 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 94.53 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 6.05 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 256 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 32 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | large |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 300 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 112.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
| G-SYNC support | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | no data | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DDR | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | -0−1 | 42 |
| 1440p | -0−1 | 34 |
| 4K | -0−1 | 25 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−2350%
|
49
+2350%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−1300%
|
40−45
+1300%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−1800%
|
35−40
+1800%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−2000%
|
42
+2000%
|
| Hitman 3 | 4−5
−1000%
|
44
+1000%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
−1038%
|
90−95
+1038%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
−1425%
|
60−65
+1425%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
−214%
|
85−90
+214%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−1300%
|
40−45
+1300%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−1800%
|
35−40
+1800%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−1400%
|
30
+1400%
|
| Hitman 3 | 4−5
−975%
|
43
+975%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
−1038%
|
90−95
+1038%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
−1450%
|
62
+1450%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
−367%
|
40−45
+367%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
−214%
|
85−90
+214%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−1300%
|
40−45
+1300%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−1800%
|
35−40
+1800%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−1150%
|
25
+1150%
|
| Hitman 3 | 4−5
−875%
|
39
+875%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
−1038%
|
90−95
+1038%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
−1275%
|
55
+1275%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
−267%
|
33
+267%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
+55.6%
|
18
−55.6%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 10−12 |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7
−267%
|
21−24
+267%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 2−3
−1800%
|
35−40
+1800%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−1450%
|
30−35
+1450%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
−1000%
|
10−12
+1000%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 9−10 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−700%
|
16−18
+700%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 42
+0%
|
42
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 21
+0%
|
21
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 7
+0%
|
7
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 47
+0%
|
47
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 110−120
+0%
|
110−120
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 20−22
+0%
|
20−22
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the FX Go 5200 is 56% faster.
- in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 2350% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- FX Go 5200 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
- RTX 2050 Mobile is ahead in 28 tests (40%)
- there's a draw in 41 test (59%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.02 | 18.71 |
| Recency | 1 March 2003 | 17 December 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 8 nm |
RTX 2050 Mobile has a 93450% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 18 years, a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce FX Go 5200 in performance tests.
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